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Senior Project Officer
Location: Portadown
Salary: £25,225.20 per annum
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Apply by 10th November 2025
About the role
About the role:
1) A Senior Project Officer is responsible for the operational delivery of TCV projects, requiring good organisational and people skills, and project skills, knowledge and experience.
2) The role supports delivery of projects that protect and restore local environments / improve people's health and wellbeing through nature connection and conservation projects mainly within Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council and Mid-Ulster Council areas.
3) Delivery of Green Gym and practical horticulture sessions to a network of community groups across County Armagh and mid-Ulster areas.
4) Involving volunteers in practical habitat management projects in parks, council sites and nature reserves.
5) Tree planting projects.
6) A proportion of time is funded by grants from the Public Health Agency and Northern Ireland Environment Agency, while the remaining time and associated income is covered by charging landowners and communities for TCV's services.
Experience
Applicants should have experience of practical horticulture or environmental work.
Experience and understanding of working with volunteers, community involvement and the charity/NGO sector is also important.
There is no specific qualification required, but a qualification in horticulture or environment such as Degree, NVQ, HND or BTEC is helpful as are certificates of competence in using equipment such as brushcutter or lawnmower.
A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
A bit more about us
We are The Conservation Volunteers.
Our vision is Better Nature For All.
Our mission is to connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both
Since 1959, The Conservation Volunteers has been a charity creating opportunities for people to create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.
Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green space across the UK.
This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results.
Join in, feel good.
Please take a moment to view the recruitment pack.
Please view the job description.
It's important to demonstrate that you meet the criteria outlined in the job description.
How to apply
Please submit your completed application form to Recruitment no later than midnight on 10th November 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early or extend the closing date depending on the number of applicants. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience.
You can download a TCV application form in PDF or Word format.
Interviews will be held on 17 November 2025 location TBC.
Occasionally, we receive a large number of responses to our advertisements. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date (10th November 2025), please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in TCV.
To better understand who is applying for and obtaining roles at TCV, please complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. You can download this in either PDF or Word format. This information is crucial for identifying and eliminating barriers that may prevent people from joining us. Rest assured, this data will not be part of your application evaluation.
Our goal is to create a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone's individuality is recognised and valued. We believe that embracing diversity helps us achieve our goals more effectively. We welcome applications from all individuals who wish to be part of our future, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer interviews to all applicants who have a disability, impairment or mental or physical health condition who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to having an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please tell us in the appropriate part of the application form.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via email or by telephone on 01302 388883. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
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